Island possessed
By: Katherine Dunham.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Voodooism.; Dance -- Anthropological aspects -- Haiti.; Haiti -- Social life and customs.
Description: "Katherine Dunham began her love affair with Haiti during her first visit in 1936 as a graduate researcher in dance and anthropology. Island Possessed reconnects her with this love, bringing to life personal sketches of political figures, market women, peasants, children, even gods. Dunham tells how the island came to be possessed by the demons of voodoo and other cults imported from various parts of Africa, as well as by the deep class divisions and the political hatred still very much in evidence today."--Back cover.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 1969.